Loyalty in Business: And One and Twenty Other Good ThingsRoycrofters, 1921 - 115 pages |
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... write a letter to Garcia ? " You see that bookkeeper , " said the foreman to me in a large factory . " Yes ; what about him ? " 66 ' Well , he's a fine accountant , but if I'd send him uptown on an errand he might accomplish the errand ...
... write a letter to Garcia ? " You see that bookkeeper , " said the foreman to me in a large factory . " Yes ; what about him ? " 66 ' Well , he's a fine accountant , but if I'd send him uptown on an errand he might accomplish the errand ...
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... writer in England who writes every morning from eight o'clock to eleven , and he writes at no other time . He has acquired the habit . At eight o'clock his brain begins to fire up , and he finds it easy and pleasurable - neces- sary to ...
... writer in England who writes every morning from eight o'clock to eleven , and he writes at no other time . He has acquired the habit . At eight o'clock his brain begins to fire up , and he finds it easy and pleasurable - neces- sary to ...
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... writer of all time . Thrift in thought will lead to the habit of writing , and any man who writes a little every day will become a good writer . We grow by doing Well did Shakespeare say , " Thrift , Horatio , thrift ! " implying that ...
... writer of all time . Thrift in thought will lead to the habit of writing , and any man who writes a little every day will become a good writer . We grow by doing Well did Shakespeare say , " Thrift , Horatio , thrift ! " implying that ...
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... writing . There were several books before him , a tin box and some papers . We waited and watched him copy something ... writer was getting on , about the good woman he boarded with , and it told all about me and about the Proprietor ...
... writing . There were several books before him , a tin box and some papers . We waited and watched him copy something ... writer was getting on , about the good woman he boarded with , and it told all about me and about the Proprietor ...
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... write letters and get his ' rithmetic lesson . He would not think of writing his personal letters on our time , and the only reason he wanted to write at the office instead of at home was so he could use the letter - press . He wanted ...
... write letters and get his ' rithmetic lesson . He would not think of writing his personal letters on our time , and the only reason he wanted to write at the office instead of at home was so he could use the letter - press . He wanted ...
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Page 19 - ... but out and forever out, the incompetent and unworthy go. It is the survival of the fittest. Self-interest prompts every employer to keep the best— those who can carry a message to Garcia. I know one man of really brilliant parts who has not the ability to manage a business of his own, and yet who is absolutely worthless to...
Page 80 - What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders.
Page 14 - I wish to make is this: McKinley gave Rowan a letter to be delivered to Garcia; Rowan took the letter and did not ask, "Where is he at?" By the Eternal! there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college of the land. It is not...
Page 21 - My heart goes out to the man who does his work when the "boss" is away, as well as when he is at home. And the man who, when given a letter for Garcia, quietly takes the missive, without asking any idiotic questions, and with no lurking intention of chucking it into the nearest sewer, or of doing aught else but deliver it, never gets "laid off," nor has to go on a strike for higher wages.
Page 81 - The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.
Page 29 - There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
Page 20 - Of course, I know that one so morally deformed is no less to be pitied than a physical cripple ; but in our pitying let us drop a tear, too, for the men who are striving to carry on a great enterprise, whose working hours are not limited by the whistle...
Page 80 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You...
Page 17 - Now if you are wise you will not bother to explain to your "assistant'' that Correggio is indexed under the C's, not in the K's, but you will smile sweetly and say, " Never mind,
Page 21 - ... nor has to go on a strike for higher wages. Civilization is one long, anxious search for just such individuals. Anything such a man asks shall be granted.